Driving Efficiency At African Airports
Recent air travel figures released by the International Air Transport Association show that global passenger traffic has recovered to 99% of pre COVID-19 figures. For Africa, the domestic traffic has recovered fully and is actually growing while the international traffic is expected to recover fully in 2024. Industry projections by Boeing point to the African air transport industry growing at …
Aviation Training In Africa: Positioning For The Future
By Dr. Yakubu Ibrahim, Technical Coordinator, AATO The Current State of Aviation Training in Africa Africa’s aviation industry is on the cusp of significant growth and development. As the continent continues to experience economic expansion, urbanization, and increased connectivity, the demand for air travel is poised to soar. Africa requires more than 60, 000 pilots, technicians, cabin crew to meet …
We Support SAATM To Improve Connectivity In Africa
ACI Africa is at the heart of driving innovative leadership for the African airport sector. The airport sector in Africa is witnessing huge investments in infrastructure, digital innovations brought on by COVID 19 are catching on, there is a renewed focus on safety and, importantly, the sector aims to be in sync with the rest of industry in promoting environmental …
Airbus Drives Momentum In Sustainability, Leads Ambitious Moon And Hybrid Energy Research
Builds Global Partnerships, Capabilities For Future Sustainable Energy By Roland Ohaeri In an ambitious quest for clean and sustainable energy, Airbus says it is making progress in its research initiatives to explore the benefits of hydrogen, hybrid energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and energy from the moon to power sustainability in future aviation. Airbus’ current preoccupations in …
Regulating General And Business Aviation: What Is In It For Africa?
By Roland Ohaeri Exciting Potential Business aviation is one aspect of the aviation industry that is re-defining the future of air transport in Africa, as the continent strives to transform trade and economic integration across the continent under specific initiatives such as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Free Movement Protocol, Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), …
Aviation Finance Products in Africa
By Viktor Berta The main source of aircraft finance in Africa is currently Export Credit, followed by Capital Markets debt, Sales Leaseback transactions and Credit Enhanced lending. This article homes in on the challenge and potential solutions with regards to aviation financing in Africa. As Africa, along with the world, emerges from the pandemic, the aviation industry is undergoing a …
Making Cape Town Convention Work For Africa Under SAATM
The Cape Town Convention (CTC) From early on African States had shown keen interest in Cape Town Convention (CTC). Out of the 56 States that signed the Final Act in 2001, 21 were African States, signifying a remarkable display of support for the new international arrangement regarding asset-based finance transactions. Two African States, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, out of the nine …
AFI Week Re-Ignites Africa’s Coordinated Capacity Building Efforts For Aviation
By Roland Ohaeri Unlocking Political Will Perhaps, the most outstanding outcome of the 7th AFI Week held in Abuja mid-May 2022 is the successful meeting of ICAO Secretary General, Juan Carlos Salazar, and high-level aviation leaders and regulators in Africa with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, to emphasise on the need to provide political will to support aviation …
Ensuring Effective MRO Support In African Airlines
By Jim Kovacs According to the African Airlines’ Association (AFRAA) capacity in February 2022 increased to 64% up from 53% up from the month before. AFRAA estimates that air travel passenger figures peaked at almost 50% capacity. During the same period international travel by African Airlines reached 76% of pre covid levels. With Africa’s aviation industry slowly bouncing back and …